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Music of Thomas Ravenscroft

Edited by Laura Conrad

May 4, 2013

Contents

Contents 1

Rounds 1He that will an Alehouse keepe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2To Portsmouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Well fare the nightingale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3As I me walked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Hey ho, to the green wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Oaken leaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Jolly shepherd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5O, my fearful dreams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Now God be with old Simeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Three blind Mice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Part Songs 8We be three poor mariners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8We be soldiers three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Of all the birds that ever I see . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1

Rounds

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